Scrabble was invented in 1938 by a man named Alfred Mosher Butts. Butts was born on April 13, 1899 and when he lost his job at an architecture firm, he set out on creating a new board game. Scrabble, originally called Lexico, was based on his beloved crossword puzzles. Celebrate today by playing a game of Scrabble with your family and friends!

Some interesting Scrabble facts:

Over 150 million games have been sold in 121 countries around the world.

Scrabble is currently produced in 29 different languages. The latest is the Welsh language Scrabble introduced in 2006.

The original game did not have a board but was played with tiles only.

It’s not possible to play Scrabble in Japanese or Chinese, but they play in English with a rule book in their own language.

There is a town called Scrabble in Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA. They don’t have a Scrabble club.

The longest word playable with only vowels is ‘euouae’ (a Gregorian cadence) and the longest word with only consonants is crwth(s) (an old Welsh stringed instrument).